Horrible Histories

Advantages: Good quality, funny, wide age-range appeal.
Disadvantages: Lots of untidy freebies!

...We are talking about the Horrible Histories magazine - a collectable partwork for children, issued fortnightly. The series is based on the Horrible Histories books by Terry Deary. It will set you back £1.99 and you will find it at W H Smith and at most good newsagents. For your two quid, you'll get a twenty-four page magazine themed around a particular period in history. Included also are a separate, foldout timeline showing the major events of that ...
...magazine from those headlines! The Horrible Histories take a comic, irreverent stab at making history interesting to children. And yes, they're pretty successful at it. It's all well presented and illustrated and organised into various sections. Terrible Times gives a comic strip style rundown of the major events of the time and it's always a good, brief overview with some very funny one-liners in the dialogue. Who's Who picks out some of the major ... Read review

Advantages: Fun and informative
Disadvantages: none

I bought "Ten Horrible Histories" from a book club we run at school. They cost me £10 for the set which was an excellent bargain. They are marked at £4.99 each. The books are paperback with approximately 127/130 pages in each. They are easy and interesting to read for young children with a reading age of about eight. Boys of this age especially, sometimes find reading boring just as the author states that history can be boring. All of the books ...
...are interesting and very cleverly written. If a child finds reading a page of text difficult they can read the comic strip or the jokes and an adult could share the book with them by reading the text. There are quizzes and in some books questions to ask the teacher, so the teacher must read the book too! There are rhyme words, lists, comic strips, jokes, poems and letters; although I have not checked I would imagine many a technique for encouraging ... Read review

Advantages: A great collection, invaluable for kids
Disadvantages: None

...historical. We discovered the Horrible History books some years ago when my eldest son was about five. They offer an offbeat look at periods through History, with stories told in an amusing and entertaining way, which appeals to children. Horrible Histories have now developed a magazine collection, which is published every two weeks, costing £1.99. As soon as it was advertised on the TV, we placed an order at the newsagent, and now collect our ...
...FREE GIFTS ********* Horrible Histories of course contains free gifts with some of the issues. In an early issue, we received an attractive tin, which holds the Wild and Wicked Card collection, included in the price of the magazine. The cards are index sized and partitions are supplied with the tin, which divide the cards into segments, such as “Rotten Rulers”, “Death and Disaster” and Kooky & Spooky”. Each card contains some handy facts about ... Read review

Advantages: A FUN WAY TO LEARN HISTORY, EDUCATIONAL BRILLIANCE
Disadvantages: None

...Priced at £3.99 The Horrible Histories books are aimed at children from around the age of 8 in my own opinion. They are very graphical and keep all the nasty bits of history in. This particular book covers everything from World War II. Contents Terrible Timeline Thic chapter covers every important date from the 1930's when the elections in Germany were won by the National Socialists (Nazi Party) led by the notorious Adolf Hitler right through ...
...up to the 6 August 1945 when the was was finally over. It contains all the gruesome details in such a comical way for children to enjoy and for the time facts to hit home in a way they can easily understand. Home Horrors This chapter explains everything from the Home Guard (Dad's Army), our Heroes and Heroines, our spies, right down to little billy down the street lying in bed reading his comic, when a bomb hits and he is killed. It brings homes ... Read review

Advantages: Great fun and informative
Disadvantages: None

...equally fascinating questions, you need HORRIBLE HISTORIES. Horrible Histories is a childrens magazine that focuses on the more gruesome (and interesting) points of History. I started to buy Horrible Histories for my 7 year old son after he saw them being advertised on television and pestered me to buy him a copy. The magazine costs £1.99 for 23 pages and is available every fortnight. Horrible Histories is based on the best-selling books written ...
...metal tin to store his Horrible History cards in, a ring-bound folder to store his timeline sheets in, and a tidy box folder for the storage of the magazines. Verdict ******** Horrible Histories is a great magazine for children. It manages to be informative and educational in a fun and humurous way. The focus on gruesome and quirky facts really appeals to children. The whole design of the magazine with its comic strip stories and fun quizes is ... Read review

Advantages: Great action
Disadvantages: Nothing

...have finished Adrian Chiles will talk us through the previous days action and how the papers reported the results. To stand out from the normal version of Match Of The Day Adrian Chiles will often bring out some of the misses of the season or something quirky to do with a collection of clips from history. Sometimes they will embaress a former player who is on the panel by showing them making a horrible mess of a shot or defensive clearance. Adrian Chiles will also sometimes bring out clips from the crowds reaction from around the grounds. This can be quite funny especially when there is a child who is upset because their team has lost or been relegated and the happy faces can be funny aswell. ...The Panel... Adrian Chiles is the regular presenter and he regularly talks to a couple of guests out of the following Lee Dixon, Alan... Read review

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